Artist: Nickel Creek | Song: House Of Tom Bombadil

Artist: Nickel Creek



I'm a guitar player, so here's the main melody of this song transcribed for 
guitar. This isn't the complete song, but it's a good start. I'm working on finishing it...

I've never played a mandolin, but it sounds like it's an octave higher than the 
guitar. If that's the case, and if you tune 

it the same as a guitar, here's how the song could be played:

e----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------3^5-----3--------
g--0-0-0----0-----0-2-4^0---5^0---2---0^2---0-2-----2-----2---0--
d---------4---2-4---------0-----0---------4-----------4-----4----

Or you could put a capo on the 12th fret of a guitar and play it that way, it's 
up to you.

If some mandolin/guitar player out there would like to translate this guitar tab
into mandolin, please feel free.

I'm pretty confident the notes are accurate, but you might to want to change 
the fingerings in order to play it faster. I've given you a few different ways 
to play the theme in here, pick which ever you find easiest. This one sure goes 

Good Luck!



Main Theme:
Time : 0:00 - 0:12 
e-||---------------------------------------------------
b-||---------------------------------------------------
G-||-12-12-12-----12-------12-14-16^12----17^12----14--
D-||-----------16----14-16-------------12-------12-----
A-||---------------------------------------------------
E-||---------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------
----------------15-17-------15-----------
-12-14----12/14-------14-------14----12--
-------16----------------16-------16-----
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------|R|
---------------------------------------------------15-17-------------|E|
----12-------12-14-16^12----17^12----14---12/14----------14-------12-|P|
-16----14-16-------------12-------12------------16----------16-12----|E|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|A|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|T|


Time: 0:13 - 0:19
----------------------------13-12-13----12-------------------------12-14-15-
-------------------12-13-15----------15----13-15-12-13----12-13-15----------
-------12----12-14-------------------------------------14-------------------
-12-14----12----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

-19-17-19-15-17------------------------16-------------------20-19----18-20-22
----------------19-17-15--/17----17-19----19-17-------17-20-------20--------
------------------------------16----------------16-17-----------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

-18----------------17-------------------------------------
----18----------------17----------------------------------
-------20-19----18-------18-19----------------------------
-------------20----------------19-16----17----------------
-------------------------------------17-------------------
----------------------------------------------------------

Time : 0:19 - 0:25
-------------------------------------------------------------10-12-------10----------
-------------------10-12-------13-------10----------------10-------10-------10-------
-12--11-12-9-11-12-------12-------12----------12-14-11-12-------------11-------11-12-
----------------------------12-------12----------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------10-12-----------------------------
---------------10-12-------13-------10-------------------10--------------------------
-11-12-9-11-12-------12-------12----------12-14-11----------11----12-9---------------
------------------------12-------12----------------------------12------12-10-9-------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------12-10-
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Time: 0:26-0:39
-||-----------------------------------------------------------
-||------------------------12-12--12--13-12-------------------
-||----12---14-14-----14---------------------14\12-11-12------
-||-12----X--------12----X------------------------------------
-||-----------------------------------------------------------
-||-----------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------|R|
------------------------------------------------13-12-13-------------|E|
------------9------11-11--11---12-12--12--12/14----------14-12-11-12-|P|
-------9-12---12-9-----------x---------------------------------------|E|
-10-12---------------------------------------------------------------|A|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|T|

Violin 
Time: 0:39
---------------------------------------------------------------10-12-------10----------
----------------------10-12-------13-------10---------------10-------10-------10-------
-12--11^12^11-9-11-12-------12-------12---------12-14-11-12-------------11-------11-12-
-------------------------------12-------12---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------10-12--------------
---------------10-12-------13-------10------------------10-----------
-11-12-9-11-12-------12-------12---------12-14-11----------11----12--
------------------------12-------12---------------------------12-----
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------15^14----------------------
----------------------------12-------13-12---------------------------15------15-12-13-15-13-12-----
------11^12--11-12----11/12----14-12-------14-12-14---12-14----12-14--------------------------14-12
-12^14-------------14---------------------------------------16-------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------10-12-------------
--------------------12-------13-12---------------------------10----------
-12--11-12----11-12----14-12-------14-12-14---12-14-11----------11----12-
-----------14------------------------------------------------------12----
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mandolin 
Time: 0:51 - 0:58
-------------------------------------12----14-12-------------------------------------
----------------------12----------------16-------15-13-12----------12-13-12----------
----------12----12-14----14-12----------------------------14-13-14----------14-12----
-12-14-16----16----------------16-14-----------------------------

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